Thinkers Index
by Dr. GarrettLast date revised: September 7, 2013 A. Pre-Philosophical
1. Hebrew Prophets
The Earth Is the Lord's2. Homer's and Hesiod's Gods
Homer's Gods, Plato's Gods
Chart 1 for Hesiod's Theogony and
Chart 2 for Hesiod's Theogony
Charts Comparing Poets' Conceptions of the Gods with Philosophers'B. Ancient (700BCE-300 CE)
1. To 330 BCE
a. Presocratics
Folk Theories, Metaphors, and Early Greek Philosophy
Major Presocratic Philosophers
Notes on Selected Heraclitus Fragments
The Atomism of Democritusb. Sophists
Dialogue on Knowledge and Realityc. Socrates
Socrates' Convictions (Explicit or Implicit in His Defense Speech)
Argument Reconstruction for Defense Speech of Socrates and
The Crito: Argument Reconstructiond. Plato
Notes on Glaucon's Speech in Rep. II.
Two Charts: Plato's Ideal State and Flawed Types of State and Soul
A Survey-Level Introduction to Plato
Forms and Particulars (handout)
Possible Problems with Plato's Theory of Forms
e. Aristotle
An Introduction to Aristotle
An Introduction to Aristotle's Categories
Aristotle's Greek Terms, with English Equivalents
Aristotelian Terms (keyed to Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy), with Sometimes Partial Definitions
A Simple Introduction to Aristotle's Celestial and Terrestrial Physics
Charts Related to Aristotle's Causes, Potentiality, and Actuality
Notes on Aristotle's Definition of Motion and Change
Notes for Aristotle's On Soul
Aristotle on the Track of Knowable Reality (Substance)
Structure of the Nicomachean Ethics (chart)
(Aristotelian) Virtue Ethics (Introductory)
Dialogue with Aristotle on Ethics
Virtues of Thought (chart), based on N.E. VI2. 330 BCE-300 CE
a. Epicurus
Epicureanism and Stoicism Compared
b. The Stoa
The Stoic Place website
c. Paul
A Pauline Christianity (Almost) without Myth
d. Neo-Platonism
A Brief Pictorial Introduction to Neo-PlatonismC. Medieval
1. To 1000
a. Boethius
b. Augustinec. Rabbinical Judaism and Maimonides
Wrestling with God2. 1000-1300
a. Ibn Rushd
Notes on Ibn Rushd ("Averroes")
b. AquinasGlossary for Aquinas' Treatises on Happiness and Acts
Treatise on Happiness (Summary)
Treatise on Human Acts (Summary)
Treatise on Virtue (Summary)
Thirteenth-Century Debate: Siger of Brabant v. Thomas Aquinas
3. After 1300
Aristotelian Ideas Influential in Late Middle AgesD. Early Modernity
1. Scientific Revolution
Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy2. Descartes
Lakoff and Johnson on Metaphorical Reasoning in Descartes
Descartes and Dualism (Basic)
Descartes--A (Hasty?) Balance Sheet
The Evil Genius' Pervasive Presence in Descartes' Meditations
Descartes' First Proof for the Existence of God
Mysteries of the Will and Assent in Descartes
The Mind-Body Problem from Descartes to Hume3. Spinoza
Spinoza's Use of Value-Predicates4. Locke
Background to Locke
Lockean Glossary
Locke on the Will and Freedom (Notes on Essay II.21, "Of Power")
Locke on Substance
Locke on Reason and Faith (part)5. Hume
Glossary for Hume Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals6. Kant
Very Basic Notes on Kant (short)
Glossary for Kant's Prolegomena
Philosophical Method
Kant as a "Problematic" Thinker
Kant's Prolegomena: a 44-Point Summary
Glossary for Kant's Groundwork
(Fictional) Dialogue with Kant about His Ethical Theory
Letter from Kant to Hume about Ethics (a Pedagogical Fiction)7. Adam Smith
Manuel Velasquez on Adam Smith and Markets
Is There No Regulation at All in a Free Market?
Perfectly Competitive Markets (20th century economic theory) (one page, 10/27/10)E. 19th c
1. Jeremy Bentham
Utilitarianism: Some Basic Observations2. G. W. F. Hegel
Hegel: An Overview (Fully restored: 4-9-08)
Notes on Hegel's Intro to the Philosophy of History (Restored 5-2-08)3. Karl Marx
Lecture Notes on Marx for Fall 2013
Challenges to Marx and Marxian Socialism (together with Marxian Responses)
Wilhelm Reich's Critique of a Gap in Marxist Thinking about the Future4. J. S. Mill
5. Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche's Mature Philosophy6. Henry George
See part II of this talk, "The Earth Is the Lord's"7. William James
8. Peter Kropotkin
Responses to Objections (from The Conquest of Bread, published in 1906)8. John Dewey
John Dewey Reconstructs Ethics
F. 20st-21st c.
1. Rauschenbach's Social Gospel
The Rebirth of the Social Gospel?2. Freud and Reich
Taboo Science: The Story of Wilhelm Reich (to 1935)
Wilhelm Reich's Critique of Earlier Marxist Thinking about the Future3. W. D. Ross
4. James Luther Adams
Prophetic Spirituality5. John Rawls
John Rawls on Justice
John Rawls' Mature Theory ("Political Liberalism")
Libby and Randy Discuss John Rawls
Randy and Libby Discuss Rawls and Affirmative Action
Strange Angels—a Rawlsian Parable
6. George Lakoff
An Introductory Essay by George Lakoff
Lakoff's Family Moral Models (chart)
Conversation on Family Values
The Metaphorical Basis of Folk Morality
Study Questions and Glossary for Lakoff and Johnson, Philosophy in the Flesh
Why Mainstream Philosophy (and Aristotle) Cannot Take Conceptual Metaphor Seriously
The Weirdly Disembodied Character of Analytic Philosophy
7. Riane Eisler
Partnership & Domination
Eisler's Charts Distributed in class
The Chalice and the Blade (on Eisler's view of history and pre-history)8. Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen's Ethics of Substantial Freedom9. Martha Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum on Capabilities and Human Rights
Nussbaum and Natural Law Ethics: Capability Theory and the Human Goods (draft: 10-4-05)